By Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer BBC News As pupils settle into a new academic year, BBC News has spoken to two parents whose children have questioned their gender about the impact the lack of transgender guidance for schools has had on their families. It is more than five years since…

By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos Scientists are closely watching the fast pace of a vast swathe of floating Antarctic ice that hosts a UK base. The Halley station sits on the Brunt Ice Shelf, which has recorded an abrupt acceleration in recent months after calving giant icebergs. There is no immediate concern the rest…

By Tessa Wong Asia Digital Reporter, BBC News North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has met Vladimir Putin in Russia in a highly scrutinised visit which was expected to yield an arms deal. After talks ended at the Vostochny space center, Mr Kim began his long journey home on his private armoured train, Russian state media…

By Matt Murphy BBC News People in the flood-hit city of Derna are living through “doomsday”, a Libyan reporter has told the BBC. More than 5,300 people died after floods burst two dams in the eastern city and swept away homes. Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, Johr Ali said survivors had reported scenes of…

By Samantha Jagger BBC News Skies gleamed pink, green and yellow as the aurora borealis illuminated parts of northern England. The natural phenomenon was captured by photographers in the Lake District and in Northumberland on Tuesday evening. The aurora appears when atoms in the Earth’s high-altitude atmosphere collide with energetic charged particles from the Sun,…

By Bonnie McLaren BBC Newsbeat Ariana Grande has said she previously used filler and Botox as “something to hide behind”. The singer made the comments in an emotional video for Vogue, in which she also confirmed she stopped the cosmetic treatments in 2018. “Full transparency… As a beauty person, as I do my lips, I’ve…

By James Gregory BBC News A British soldier has been charged with second degree murder in Canada after an alleged assault left a man dead. Craig Gibson, 28, is accused of assaulting Brett Sheffield in Toronto city centre at 23:25 local time (03:24 GMT) on Monday 28 August. Mr Sheffield, 38, was taken to hospital…

France has ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 for emitting too much electromagnetic radiation. On Tuesday, the French watchdog which governs radio frequencies also told the tech giant to fix existing phones. The ANFR has advised Apple that if it cannot resolve the issue via a software update, it must recall every iPhone…

By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter Drew Barrymore has been dropped as host of the US National Book Awards after controversy about her TV show returning during the ongoing Hollywood strike. Earlier this week, the talk show host and actress said the programme’s return would be in line with strike rules. But the show’s writers were…

Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s far east hours after North Korea fired two short range ballistic missiles off its east coast. Here are some the of the key moments of the day so far. Catch up with the latest coverage here